tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172202953319134786.post606863750615790699..comments2016-12-03T00:25:20.516-08:00Comments on ITALIAN CYCLING JOURNAL: Viviani: 1390 Watts, 250m, SprintAngelo senza la ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00876175566987717150noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172202953319134786.post-39019881944993522052012-02-13T06:33:50.852-08:002012-02-13T06:33:50.852-08:00@all: thanks. I&#39;m curios about watts, mainly b...@all: thanks. I&#39;m curios about watts, mainly because I lack in them! Some searching yielded these peak watt numbers:<br />Chris Hoy: 2300 watts<br />Marty Nothstein: 2200 watts <br />Cipollini: 1900 watts<br />Petacchi: 1700 watts<br />Boardman: 1000 wattsAngelo senza la ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00876175566987717150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172202953319134786.post-62734655001748937412012-02-12T21:31:48.291-08:002012-02-12T21:31:48.291-08:00Greipel hit 1940 watts in training...(http://inrng...Greipel hit 1940 watts in training...(http://inrng.com/2012/01/tour-down-under-shorts/) Renshaw also hit around 1700 watts in TDU this year and you know Greipel beat him. Power is just one of the barometers of great cyclists,though.LPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172202953319134786.post-5288963646208287352012-02-12T15:19:09.864-08:002012-02-12T15:19:09.864-08:00Like your style Larry - totally agree that bike ri...Like your style Larry - totally agree that bike riding is about so much more than just science: it&#39;s skill combined with passion, guile, cunning, knowing when to bluff, and when to dig deeper and go harder than your pulsemeter/powermeter tells you. It&#39;s about wanting to win a bike race, not stats and numbers. La grinta, as our Italian friends would say.Curtainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06066273636618355745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172202953319134786.post-30760768033053726352012-02-12T13:24:29.838-08:002012-02-12T13:24:29.838-08:00Larry says watts..schmatts...if that&#39;s all tha...Larry says watts..schmatts...if that&#39;s all that counts the race organizers could save a lot of time and trouble by just setting up trainers in the town square and seeing who can crank the watt-meter up the highest. All that counts is who is first across the finish line. Looks cold there, we were lucky with sun and 10+C temps here in Sicily today.Larry and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16346445393389942837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172202953319134786.post-14862137259441431602012-02-12T11:15:24.127-08:002012-02-12T11:15:24.127-08:00it&#39;s nice. peaking 1400watts is easy enough.(r...it&#39;s nice. peaking 1400watts is easy enough.(really, we are about cat2 but i have people in the local team who can peak 1300w while sprinting uphill)<br />what&#39;s amazing is these guys can do it in a 170km stage finish, and sustain it for half a minute between 1100-1400w.<br />track sprinters can do more. Petacchi allegedly does around 1600watts in a sprint. track racers can do the better part of 2000. these are all amazing numbers.<br />consider, that even a on a long stage like this, only about a 170-230watts is needed for idling at the pace of the peloton.<br />sources: 3years racing/training experience with wattage.Pannon egyetem bringahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535745582883311672noreply@blogger.com